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The Colours of Cerumen
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The Colours of Cerumen

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Cerumen or ear wax is a complex mixture of desquamated keratin squames and hairs combined with secretions of the sebaceous and cerumenous glands. Cerumen varies in colour from golden yellow through brown...

Massive Cerumen Plug Deep Canal
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Massive Cerumen Plug Deep Canal

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In some patients, cerumen may accumulate such an extent that it totally fills the external auditory canal and produces a mold or cast of the canal. Note the impression of the lateral surface of the tympanic...

Hemotympanum from URI
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Hemotympanum from URI

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This hemotympanum resulted from a severe upper respiratory infection .It resolved spontaneously over 3 weeks.

Acoustic Neuroma Middle Ear
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Acoustic Neuroma Middle Ear

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The pink white mass filling this right middle ear is an acoustic neuroma that has extended into the middle ear via the stapes footplate.

Acquired Meningoencephalocele
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Acquired Meningoencephalocele

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The pinkish yellow mass seen behind the anterior quadrant of this right middle ear was an acquired meningoencephalocele in a patient who had previously had a craniotomy for the removal of a meningioma.

Primary Adenoma of the Middle Ear
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Primary Adenoma of the Middle Ear

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The creamy white mass filling the posterior 4/5 of this left middle ear was a primary adenoma arising from the middle ear mucosa.

Kaposi's Sarcoma
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Kaposi's Sarcoma

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Kaposi's sarcoma is a sarcoma of vascular cell origin whose incidence has increased dramatically as a result of the appearance of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome [AIDS]. Kaposi's sarcoma usually...

Secondary Infection of Post-Tonsillectomy Bed
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Secondary Infection of Post-Tonsillectomy Bed

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This image shows an infected post-tonsillectomy bed which precede episodes of bleeding occuring on day 8 postoperative day. Murky grey coated infected material with thick mucous seen on either sides....

Collapsing External Auditory Canal
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Collapsing External Auditory Canal

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In some patients, a structural deficiency in the surrounding and supporting fibrillar elastic cartilage allows the external portion of the auditory canal to collapse, leaving only a slit like narrow lumen....

Tympanic Portion of the External Auditory Canal [Cadaveric Specimen]
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Tympanic Portion of the External Auditory Canal...

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The external auditory canal ends at the tympanic membrane. The epithelium covering the lateral surface of the tympanic membrane is considered to be the tympanic portion of the external auditory canal....

Acute Perichondritis
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Acute Perichondritis

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Acute Perichondritis is caused by a bacterial infection of the perichondrium of the auricular cartilage which is usually the result of trauma to the pinna. Acute perichondritis most commonly occurs following...

Neglect Keratosis
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Neglect Keratosis

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Sheets of keratin squames are continuously pushed up to the surface of the skin and shed during normal epidermal maintenance. The outermost layer of squames [the stratum corneum] is normally rubbed away...

Squamous Cell Carcinoma
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Squamous Cell Carcinoma

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Squamous cell carcinoma of the pinna is a relatively uncommon malignant tumor that arises from keratinocytes damage by exposure to sunlight. The diagnosis of a squamous cell carcinoma is made by biopsy....

Basal Cell Carcinoma
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Basal Cell Carcinoma

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Basal cell carcinomas may present with many different clinical appearances. Any chronically ulcerated or raised lesion that persists should be biopsied.

Basal Cell Carcinoma
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Basal Cell Carcinoma

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Basal cell carcinoma is the most common cutaneous malignancy. These tumors usually develop in skin that is been subjected to actinic damage, and it is therefore not surprising that basal cell carcinoma...

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